Blogging is an activity enjoyed by millions. Not only does it allow someone to write creatively about any topic that they wish, but it provides them with the ultimate platform to put that work out to the world. The Internet is a constant willing listener, and there may even be an audience for exactly what […]
How To Know If Your WordPress Website Got Hacked
Depending on who hacked your WordPress website, you’ll either see the annoying results quickly or be clueless while they do covert damage gradually. The latter one is more dangerous since you have no idea and everything seems to be operating normally. That’s why it’s rather important to find out how or if your WordPress website […]
Year-End Task: Clean Up Your Digital Footprint
It will soon be 2020 and you’ll soon have to make up a list of New Year’s resolutions to welcome the new year with a positive attitude. However, this article isn’t about New Year’s resolutions and embracing change and improvement— it’s about an important online task you should complete as a pre-emptive part of your […]
A-Z Guide to Secure Your WordPress Site
Website owners around the world are interested in WordPress security. Failure to keep WordPress sites secure has led to tens of thousands of websites being blacklisted every single week, be it for malware or for phishing scams. If you are concerned about your website, you should adhere to WordPress security best practices. We have created […]
Protecting Your Privacy: Data Privacy Day 2019
Stepping into the New Year, it’s important to set aside time to prepare yourself, digital devices, and web presence for the evolving threats of 2019. As we approach January 28th – National Data Privacy Day, we realize just how important this is to do. This day was created as an annual initiative to focus on […]
Managed WordPress Hosting – Do You Need It?
You have been struggling with shared hosting for a while now. Your site slows down at busy times of the day, and you are looking for better hosting that doesn’t break the bank. Is managed WordPress hosting the answer? Quite possibly. Most hosting companies offer WordPress hosting for a slightly higher price than standard shared […]
Beware of Spam ‘Lifehacĸer’ Traffic To Your Blog
Nobody likes spam traffic to their website or blog, it messes with your historical data, uses up your bandwidth and you don’t know what kind of activity this traffic is doing on your site such as looking for security weaknesses. While checking our recent Google Analytics reports this morning for Bloggingpro.com I noticed a sharp […]
Top Ways to Protect Online Business Ventures
Online business ventures are a hit among the youth nowadays, mostly because startups only need an idea and webmaster or two to launch. But online ventures face grave threats that come in the form of cyber-attacks. Many newcomers to online business think all they need is a plugin or two to protect their sites, but […]
5 Lessons from the Recent WordPress Attack
Earlier this month, WordPress users across the world (as well as users on other platforms) fell victim to a massive brute-force attack on their sites. The hack, or attempted hack, used a large botnet (a network of compromised computers doing the bidding of someone else) to repeatedly try and guess passwords on WordPress sites to […]
5 Nightmare Scenarios for Your Blog
It’s Halloween in the United States (and much of the rest of the world). As such, people are gathering together for parties, going trick or treating and telling scary stories. In that spirit, last week on Performancing I discussed legal nightmares that can happen to you and your blog. Specifically, there were three scenarios that, […]